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In addition to alleviating global hunger, the World Food Programme (WFP) is also contributing to efforts to create a more sustainable United Nations.
WFP’s Armenia office provides an excellent example of WFPs approach: using energy efficiency and...

Travel is responsible for approximately 50% of the United Nations’ climate footprint and represents a major cost - over US$ 1 billion per year for the collective UN family.
At the same time, travel is an essential means by which the UN delivers...

How will climate change affect the lives of ordinary people in low-income countries? How will this affect the nature of the UN's work? What might the UN look like in 2030? Unsurprisingly, there are no straightforward answers to these questions. But...

The United Nations has a reputation for encouraging private sector organizations to practice sustainable development and pursue environmentally-friendly policies. In turn, many businesses now report on their sustainability performances through a...

An informal poll on the UN’s new Greening the Blue website shows that a majority of visitors to the site are in favor of the UN purchasing offsets.
59% of respondents replied ‘Yes’ to the question “Should the UN purchase carbon offsets?”, whilst 41...

Thousands of hectares of mountainous forest in north-eastern Tanzania have been preserved through a project managed by the United Nations Development Programme.
The Eastern Arc Mountains project, financed by the Global Environment Facility,...

Beth Pe’Och from UNOG has written an article in UN Special about office plants and their value to our well-being.She cites several pieces of research and reports which highlight the positive impacts that indoor plants can have on health, in reducing...

The US Mission to the UN in Geneva will be greening their grounds in August with the help from nine carefully selected landscape architecture students. The collaborative project is sponsored by the US mission and the American Society of Landscape...

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